DLSU Faculty and Alumnus as resource speakers at Mapua Tech Students' Webinar

 CE Dept. faculty, Dr. Jason Ongpeng and Dr. Andres Oreta and DLSU BSCE alumnus, Engr. Carla Maria Gonzalez, Assistant Project Manager in Arcadis Manila Global Excellence Center, were invited as resource speakers at the webinar hosted by the  Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers - Mapua University Student Chapter (PICE-MUSC). The webinar entitled, “Engineering AdvanCEment: Heading towards Sustainable Development in Construction,” will be held on June 27, 2021 (Sunday) via Facebook Live.. The event is part of the  monthly celebration of the School of Civil, Environmental, and Geological Engineering with a theme, “Environmental Sustainability in Engineering.” 

Dr. Onpeng will present about "Construction Materials and Testing, while Engr. Gonzalez with her undergraduate thesis adviser, Dr. Oreta will present on "Quantifying the Environmental Impacts of Structural Elements of Standard Bridge Designs."

Oreta as virtual resource speaker at Bataan Peninsula State University

 The Civil Engineering Department of the Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) has been hosting a series of webinars entitled "Bridge to Success" through the initiative of its department head, Gil Cruz (a PhD DLSU student). 

Dr. Andres Winston Oreta was invited as resource speaker for its June 5, 2021 webinar on the topic, "Disaster Risk Reduction and Infrastructure Resilience." Oreta will present the key concepts on DRR and Infrastructure Resilience using the 4 R's of Resilience (Bruneau, MCEER) and he will share his survey on retrofitting strategies in Japan during his AUN/SEED-Net visiting researcher trip in 2015. Seismic retrofitting is one strategy for increasing the resilience of structures to earthquakes.